Fighter Group Gets Exhibit At Museum

WINDSOR LOCKS — A new permanent exhibit on the history of the 57th Fighter Group of World War II is to be dedicated Saturday at the New England Air Museum.

Participating in the brief ceremony at 3 p.m. will be more than 300 veterans of the Army Air Forces group and their friends and family members.

The 57th Fighter Group was the first military unit to be stationed at the air base that later became Bradley Field and, in time, Bradley International Airport. The airport is named after Lt. Eugene M. Bradley, who died in a plane crash while practicing maneuvers there.

The ceremony is open to the public. The privately owned, nonprofit museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day of the week.